Chapter 1: The Yang Family's Trash

  Immortal true body, long sword raised high, falling down with a slow speed, but containing a mighty power that can split mountains and crack the earth.

  "Bang... Bang..."

  The knife and the symbol array intersected, generating a huge air wave that instantly affected the surroundings. The houses were blown open one by one. And the symbol array also broke at this time.

  "Ugh……" Wang Batian spat out a mouthful of blood and water, his face pale. The symbol array was broken, and he was counterattacked. Adding to the exhaustion from using internal energy, his eyes were already at their limit, in a state of utter depletion.

  "Hmph, the Fu Zhen is nothing, although it's powerful, but you're not good enough, too weak." The true body withdrew, Dongfang Bubai stood in front, looking at Wang Ba Tian with a cold tone.

  "The Dongfang family, the Dongfang will not die, one day my royal family will come to reclaim all of this." But Wang Ba Tian burst out laughing, his laughter growing louder and louder. "Wang Ba Fist - with my life as the guide, I will conquer the heavens."

  Hearing the sound, Dongfang Bubai's dark path was not good. The Martial Saint burned his life with one move, how could he be underestimated? He hastily retreated, 1 meter, 10 meters, 30 meters, but couldn't dodge, and Dongfang Bubai launched two big moves in a row.

  "Undying Incantation—True Form of Immortality."

  "Undying Knot—Eternal Entanglement."

  "...Bang!" After a fierce collision, Wang Batian's body and soul were destroyed.

  At this time, the Eastern Unyielding struggled to get up, covered in blood. This blow had caused him severe internal injuries. After all, breaking through the symbol array had consumed too much energy; otherwise, this blow would not have been enough to injure him.

  At this time, Dongfang Buke and Dongfang Bu Po also rushed over. Seeing Dongfang Buzai's wretched appearance, they hastily asked: "Big brother, are you alright?"

  "It's nothing, let's go." He picked up the symbol array and turned around to leave.

  Not long after the three people left, a figure appeared on the scene. It was Wang Baduo, the master of the Wang family and a martial arts saint with great accomplishments.

  "Second brother, second brother." Wang Ba said, holding up the corpse of Wang Batian, a hint of deep hatred flashing in his eyes. "If Dongfang doesn't die, I'll make the Dongfang family pay for this with their own blood."

  …………

  Palace.

  "Death to those who block my way."

  Yang Wudi, Zhao Yuanchen and others killed all the way, without any mercy.

  "Yang Wudi, Zhao Yuanchen, you've gone far enough." A hoarse yet sonorous voice rang out.

  "Isn't the Old Immortal of the Qian family dead yet?" Yang Wudi, Zhao Yuanchen and others exchanged a glance, all with solemn expressions. The reason why the four major families didn't dare to destroy the Qian family was precisely because of the existence of this Old Immortal. If it weren't for him, the Qian family would have been destroyed thousands of years ago.

  "Leave now, otherwise die."

  Overbearing and arrogant. The old dry family's strength is unparalleled, with one foot already stepping into the realm of martial gods, ordinary martial saints are not opponents at all.

  Fight, or retreat? This is a difficult choice.

  "War, I, Yang Wudi, will see today what you old undead have to show for yourself. Let's see what kind of special moves a person who has only half stepped into the realm of the Martial God has." Yang Wudi instantly grasped his long spear, this was the Pear Blossom Spear, an extreme-grade spiritual artifact.

  Yang Wudi was not to be outdone, and Zhao Yuanchen also refused to show weakness. With a long sword in hand, the Void Sword, which was also an extreme-grade spiritual artifact. The others similarly drew out their own weapons, with surging auras, the great battle was about to erupt at any moment.

  "Tap tap, tap tap."

  "What sound?"

  "This is terrible, this is the army, damn it, this is the Imperial Guard." Yang Wudi cursed secretly. Listening to this sound, this army must have at least 10,000 people, and what concept is 10,000 Imperial Guards? Although they can be dealt with one by one like chickens and dogs, but this is 10,000 fully armed Imperial Guards, and it's likely that they will have military crossbows. That's not something to be trifled with. Although so many martial saints can win, but behind them there is still an old undead with terrifying cultivation. This time, the Heavenly Ascension Order may not be obtainable."

  "Go, go now." Zhao Yuanchen shouted immediately.

  Withdraw.

  No sooner had he finished speaking than a large contingent of Imperial Guards appeared, armed with heavy military crossbows.

  All he heard was the general in armor, majestic and powerful, waving his hand and shouting: "Fire at them, kill them!"

  Yang Wudi's face turned red with rage, and he shouted: "You're looking for death!"

  A long spear swept across, and several people died instantly. Zhao Yuanchen's long sword drew a circle, forming an invisible whirlpool that reflected all the arrows back.

  "He who blocks me shall die."

  A group of eight people, all the way killing, wherever they go, countless deaths and injuries.

  The general saw this situation, his eyes were red, these people's cultivation was too strong, and the 10,000 Imperial Guards might not be able to handle them. However, at this time they had already killed with bloodshot eyes.

  "Crossbow bolts, crossbow bolts, give me all of them, shoot them dead."

  "Naive, childish." Yang Wudi sneered and said, "Split Air Palm, let's go."

  …………

  In the palace.

  "Ancestor, why did you let them leave?" Qian Wujie asked, looking at the old man in front of him.

  "You are still weak and there is much you do not know." The old man sighed, looking at the box in his hand, gently patting it. "My Dry family has paid too much for this Ascension Order."

  This Ascension Order has greatly injured the imperial family's vitality, not just because of the loss of 10 million taels of gold, but also because of the loss of two Martial Saints. The imperial family's high-ranking martial artists were already scarce, and now losing two is even more painful than losing 10 million taels of gold. Those are Martial Saint-level experts, and nurturing one requires countless efforts. Now that the imperial family's talents are dwindling, it's not easy to cultivate another Martial Saint.

  Fortunately, the Ascension Order was finally obtained. After activation, within three days, someone from the Mystic Gate will come to receive it.

  At that time, the Qian family had a true disciple of the Xuanji Gate, so the Qian family could once again flourish and reappear with the mighty divine power of the Qianyuan Kingdom. The four major families were nothing but mediocre people.

  It's night.

  The heavy rain poured down, washing away the entire city, and all the traces were eliminated in this heavy rain.

  That night, the Dongfang family and the imperial family separately obtained the Symbolic Array and the Ascension Order, while the Wang family suffered a great loss, losing a martial saint master, but gaining nothing. The Dongfang family became the biggest beneficiary of this time, without any damage or spending a single penny, they got the Symbolic Array worth tens of millions of gold.

  …………

  "Older brother, who do you think won this time? The Zhao family, the Yang family, the Dongfang family, or perhaps the imperial family and the royal family?" Yang Lei looked out at the heavy rain outside, which made everything seem especially quiet.

  Zhao Yuan smiled and said: "None of them won, the winner is Qī Hún Gǔ."

  "Not bad, haha, brother said it's not bad, Soul Valley is indeed awesome." Yang Lei smiled.

  Dada.

  The doorbell rang.

  "What's wrong?"

  "Zhao, this is what you wanted." The man said and left instantly.

  Yang Lei saw him coming in and said: "Zhao brother, what's wrong that makes you so surprised?"

  "The imperial family managed to keep the Ascension Order after all... but two Martial Saints-level experts died." Zhao Yuan sat down, continuing in a slow and measured tone.

  "The royal family actually kept the Ascension Order, it's really impressive." Yang Lei couldn't help but be surprised. The four major families didn't have a single weak link, their strength was terrifying, and they would definitely go all out for this Ascension Order, regardless of the cost.

  "Don't underestimate the royal family, that old guy in the palace is formidable." Zhao Yuan said with a slight shake of his head.

  Yang Lei paused for a moment before continuing to ask: "What about the four major families? What's their situation like?"

  "Yang Lao Di, aren't you a member of the Yang family?" Zhao Yuan didn't answer this time, but instead stared straight at Yang Lei.

  Yang Lei nodded in the end.

  "It's indeed the case, if it weren't for a large family, how could they have cultivated a genius like you, Yang Laoxiong." Zhao Yuan couldn't help but sigh.

  "Zhao, stop teasing me. Although I'm a member of the Yang family, I don't have any good feelings towards them." Yang Lei didn't hide his true thoughts and spoke bluntly, "I suppose you've also heard about the useless third young master of Weiwu Wangfu?"

  "Is it you?"

  "Not bad, I'm just the waste they're talking about." Yang Lei said calmly, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

  "Haha, trash, I think they're the ones who are trash, actually saying that Yang is trash." Zhao Yuan burst out laughing, "However, Yang, you've hidden yourself quite deeply."

  "I hope you can keep this secret, Brother Zhao, don't tell anyone." Yang Lei said seriously to Zhao Yuan.

  "I won't spread it out, Yang can rest assured on this point, I still have some credibility, Old Zhao, I'm not a gossip." Zhao Yuan patted his chest and said.

  "But, big brother, you're not just a simple manager, are you?" At this time, Yang Lei also stopped being evasive and asked out the doubts in his heart. Zhao Yuan was actually very mysterious, just a manager, yet he knew so much information. If he were really just a small manager, would he have the authority to issue Supreme Cards? It's clearly impossible.

  "Yang Lao Di, your eyes are like torches, and the owner of this Chang Feng business is surnamed Zhao."

  "So that's how it is." Yang Lei was also a clever person, and clever people often get the point across with just a hint, without needing too much explanation. "Right, big brother, you didn't finish telling us about the four major families earlier, did you?"

  "Little brother worried about the Yang family?"

  "No." Yang Lei shook his head, "The Yang family has nothing to do with me, I'm just curious."

  Zhao Yuan smiled slightly and didn't dwell on it, saying: "The four major families, the Yangs, Zhaos, and Easts were not damaged at all, while Wang Jia's Wang Ba Tian died and Fu Zhen lost."

  Yang Lei was shocked, "The Wang family's Fu Zhen has been robbed, who has such great courage?"

  "The East is Home, the East never dies."

  "Isn't the Dongfang family going for the Ascension Order? Why would they go to snatch the Symbol Array? Could it be that the Wang family clashed with the Dongfang family while snatching the Ascension Order?" Yang Lei speculated.

  "No, the Eastern family didn't go after the Ascension Order, their target was the Wang family's symbol array. That idiot Wang Ba Tian thought that the three major families would only guess the Ascension Order, but he didn't expect to be targeted by Dongfang Bubai." Zhao Yuan explained, "The Eastern and Yang families were originally in a marital alliance relationship, the two families joined forces, with the Yang family going after the Ascension Order, while the Eastern family went after the symbol array. But unexpectedly, the Ascension Order ultimately fell into the hands of the imperial family, a move that was one step ahead, whereas the symbol array actually fell into Dongfang Bubai's hands. With the symbol array, Dongfang Bubai is almost invincible under the God of War."

  "Is the symbol array really that powerful, doesn't it have any weaknesses? If it doesn't have any weaknesses, then why would the owner take it out to auction?" Yang Lei asked in confusion. In his heart, he was clear that if this symbol array really didn't have any weak points, then it definitely wouldn't be taken out to sell casually.

  "Naturally, it exists, but the energy consumed when used is enormous. Therefore, at least a Martial Emperor realm is required to activate the array, and even then, only three times can be activated before becoming powerless. This shows just how massive the energy required to activate the array is. Of course, if I were to give this array to you, little brother, you wouldn't need to worry at all - with an endless supply of Ten Percent Dan, it can be activated using Burning Dan medicine."

  Yang Lei smiled slightly, but didn't mind it, just a set of talismans, he could completely refine them himself in the future.